Dufy

American

[dy-fee] / düˈfi /

noun

Raoul 1877–1953, French painter, lithographer, and decorator.

Dufy British

/ dyfi /

noun

Raoul (raul). 1877–1953, French painter and designer whose style is characterized by swift calligraphic draughtsmanship and bright colouring

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Edizione, whose chairman is Luciano Benetton’s son Alessandro, has diverse holdings including transport and infrastructure through Mundys, and food and beverage retail, including the Autogrill chain, through Dufy.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024

Nearby, College Raoul Dufy, a school, has a rose hue because of a different concrete mix.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2017

And the insouciant “Dock Scene” justifies comparisons to the work of another great perpetrator of the light touch, Raoul Dufy.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2012

It pointed out that Lviv, which will host the German and Portuguese teams, boasts "masterpieces by Monet, Courbet, Renoir and Dufy".

From BBC • May 29, 2012

Dufy has a formula for making pictures; he has a clich� for a tree, a house, a chimney, even for the smoke coming out of a chimney.

From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive

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